I have a contacts page with a PHP Feedback form and a Google Map. For the Google Map, I setup up a Marker with some text using the Marker action. I get the marker itself, but not the pop-up ballon with my text. With regard to the PHp Feedback form, I can fill everything out and hit submit, but I never receive the email. The site in question is hosted on GoDaddy. The page in question can be found here (in a sub folder): [http://www.beanrunnercafe.com/test2/contactpage.php]
Can someone tell me what’s wrong. With regard to the PHP Form, I tried it with the Page Action and the item action and get the same result. Also if I view the site with Firefox, my submit button changes to “submit Query” rather than just sumbit.
Have Google Maps working. I linked the marker to the html holder rather than the actual map.
PHP Feedback form still an issue however. Rather than not receiving email, I only get my error page telling me something is wrong. Not sure what’s wrong, unless it’s something with my goDaddy setup. I used what I think are identical PHP Feedback form settings in another site and that works fine (hosted elsewhere however).
So if you can help my question now only pertains to the Form issue.
PHP + GoDaddy + mail == big trouble, in almost every single case. And
it’s not just broken in the sense that you can do a, b, and c and
sacrifice a chicken and then be able to send mail. It’s broken in the
sense that depending on which server physically hosts your site (and
you have no control over this, or even a good way to tell which one
that is) you may have to do b, d, and c, in that order, and then
sacrifice a calf.
Tim Plumb has written a whole acre of hacks to try to work around
GoDaddy’s various half-witted attempts to keep people from using their
network as a launching ground for spam. My own recommendation is that
first, you move to another host. If you can’t do that for some reason,
then consult Tim’s site http://freewayactions.com and see what he
recommends you try.
Walter
On Oct 23, 2010, at 11:25 AM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
Ok. Correction to my post.
Have Google Maps working. I linked the marker to the html holder
rather than the actual map.
PHP Feedback form still an issue however. Rather than not receiving
email, I only get my error page telling me something is wrong. Not
sure what’s wrong, unless it’s something with my goDaddy setup. I
used what I think are identical PHP Feedback form settings in
another site and that works fine (hosted elsewhere however).
So if you can help my question now only pertains to the Form issue.
You might want to point out to your client that time == money, and
they are wasting both by staying on GoDaddy for any length of time.
GoDaddy costs like $7 a month, so if they walk away, they are out a
big $14 until the end of the year. They would spend that in about 5
minutes of your billable time to figure out what the heck is going on.
Walter
On Oct 23, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
Thanks Walt
Had a feeling it might be related to GoDaddy. The client’s hosting
service is up at the end of December, so I can raise the idea to them.
In the meantime, I will take a look at Tim’s site.
So since persistence is one of my bad traits, I did determine from reading Tim’s posts that my Action wasn’t up to date. I downloaded a new version and there is “use GoDaddy script” checkbox. Now I tried that and I went into GoDaddy and also set up the form mailer script email to what I have in PHP Feedback form. Now when I try to send the form I get redirected to an “oops” page about having the wrong url.
So some more searching. I’m assuming I have to add some script somewhere
Still looking into the switch from GoDaddy, but until then anyone with insight on how to make this work?
The switch I made above (using the GoDaddy switch) seems to get me the email from my form but it also only returns the Oops page and not my Success page (probably because it is taking me to my root folder and not my test2 subfolder – it gives me the url: (http://www.beanrunnercafe.com/success.php) when I should get (http://www.beanrunnercafe.com/test2/success.php). The error message on the oops page is:
"The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This page may not exist due to the following reasons:
You are the owner of this web site and you have not uploaded (or incorrectly uploaded) your web site. For information on uploading your web site using FTP client software or web design software, click here for FTP Upload Information.
The URL that you have entered in your browser is incorrect. Please re-enter the URL and try again.
The Link that you clicked on incorrectly points to this page. Please contact the owner of this web site to inform them of this situation."
I guess I could temporarily move my success and error pages to the root directory, but when I try that I get another error message that the webyep system folder can’t be found (as it’s in my test2 subfolder with the rest of my site). So is there a way to force this temporarily to my subdirectory until either the new site goes live or I get my client off of GoDaddy?
On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:10 AM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
Still looking into the switch from GoDaddy, but until then anyone
with insight on how to make this work?
The switch I made above (using the GoDaddy switch) seems to get me
the email from my form but it also only returns the Oops page and
not my Success page (probably because it is taking me to my root
folder and not my test2 subfolder – it gives me the url: (http://www.beanrunnercafe.com/success.php
) when I should get (http://www.beanrunnercafe.com/test2/
success.php). The error message on the oops page is:
"The page you tried to access does not exist on this server. This
page may not exist due to the following reasons:
You are the owner of this web site and you have not uploaded (or
incorrectly uploaded) your web site. For information on uploading
your web site using FTP client software or web design software,
click here for FTP Upload Information.
The URL that you have entered in your browser is incorrect. Please
re-enter the URL and try again.
That’s a normal 404 error page, probably put there by GoDaddy. It
means just what it says – the browser was redirected to the root
folder, and the page isn’t there.
The Link that you clicked on incorrectly points to this page. Please
contact the owner of this web site to inform them of this situation."
I guess I could temporarily move my success and error pages to the
root directory, but when I try that I get another error message that
the webyep system folder can’t be found (as it’s in my test2
subfolder with the rest of my site). So is there a way to force this
temporarily to my subdirectory until either the new site goes live
or I get my client off of GoDaddy?
Use an FTP application to copy them there. Realize that you won’t be
able to see any images on these pages correctly, but you want to see
what the content of the error page is so you can move to the next frame.
Can you make a simpler error/results page – one that doesn’t have any
WebYep components on it? Just for testing, you understand. Put one
copy where Freeway puts it, and then a duplicate in the root folder.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
When I move them there, I get just a text error message that the
WebYep system folder can’t be found – and I don’t see my success
page.
Also, make the full complement of error pages – there’s a way in that
Action to set a separate page for each type of error. Just make these
single flat pages with the name of the error in the middle. It’s a
good way to figure out where things are going awry.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
When I move them there, I get just a text error message that the
WebYep system folder can’t be found – and I don’t see my success
page.
I was out for a bit and just got back in. I put non-webyep versions of the error/success pages in the root folder. The pages now show – sort – the success page comes up, but is kind of blown apart (banner missing, etc.). I assume this is because the resources folder is in the test2 subfolder?
Also when you say make the full complement of error pages, do you mean in PHP feedback to pick a Success and Error form in the Feedback form dialog box. If so, with the use GoDaddy script selected, it only gives me a choice of Success Page selection (the Error one is grayed out.)
With GoDaddy unchecked, I have the choice of of:
Use: One page for all errors or Use one page for each error (originally, before I used the GoDaddy Script box) I used One Page for all errors, which then gave me the choice to pick my error and success pages (which I created in Freeway)
If the choice is Use One Page for Each Error (which to be truthful I’m not sure what it means), I am given the choice of: not in domain; server failure; invalid email address, etc. plus an ini_set options area with check boxes and one being a Define smpt (GoDaddy) one.
Talk to TIm about this, it’s something he has invested considerable
effort on fixing. Although a well-placed EMP over GoDaddy would do the
job nicely, methinks.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2010, at 12:47 PM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
Hi Walt
I was out for a bit and just got back in. I put non-webyep versions
of the error/success pages in the root folder. The pages now show –
sort – the success page comes up, but is kind of blown apart
(banner missing, etc.). I assume this is because the resources
folder is in the test2 subfolder?
Also when you say make the full complement of error pages, do you
mean in PHP feedback to pick a Success and Error form in the
Feedback form dialog box. If so, with the use GoDaddy script
selected, it only gives me a choice of Success Page selection (the
Error one is grayed out.)
With GoDaddy unchecked, I have the choice of of:
Use: One page for all errors or Use one page for each error
(originally, before I used the GoDaddy Script box) I used One Page
for all errors, which then gave me the choice to pick my error and
success pages (which I created in Freeway)
If the choice is Use One Page for Each Error (which to be truthful
I’m not sure what it means), I am given the choice of: not in
domain; server failure; invalid email address, etc. plus an ini_set
options area with check boxes and one being a Define smpt (GoDaddy)
one.
I tried something out on my MAMP server and it seemed to give me the proper error and success pages – I unchecked the ‘use GoDaddy Script’ and picked my success/error pages using the One Page for All errors selection. I then tried this on my test site and it also seems to work.
I’m thinking that the GoDaddy form mailer script that I had edited (which asks for an allowable email address – and which I setup last night) maybe just needed time to populate or with the success and error pages in the root allows the pages to be seen?? Not sure, but seems to be working.
Anyway, just heard back from my client that she doesn’t mind switching from GoDaddy. Since I haven’t really moved a site before, do I just need to point nameservers to the new host? Is it easiest to keep the domain registration at GoDaddy and just change hosting sites or is there a way to move both?
If you registered the domain at GoDaddy, then the easiest thing to do
right this moment is to use their nameservers and point to the new
host. Once your renewal anniversary comes around, you can go through
changing it from one registrar to another. GoDaddy will send you
various notices that the domain is expiring, has expired, etc., but
won’t actually release the domain such that you can re-register it at
another registrar for quite a while. You need to follow a process with
them to have them officially release the domain and hand it over to
another registrar. It’s a PITA.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
Anyway, just heard back from my client that she doesn’t mind
switching from GoDaddy. Since I haven’t really moved a site before,
do I just need to point nameservers to the new host? Is it easiest
to keep the domain registration at GoDaddy and just change hosting
sites or is there a way to move both?
It’s an exotic weapon, often using the focused power of a small atomic
blast to create an Electro Magnetic Pulse (hence the initials) which
can knock out any un-shielded electronic device, usually permanently.
This weapon was used to great cinematic effect in the James Bond film
“Goldeneye”.
Smaller versions can be built at home, using coils of wire and large
capacitors instead of actual nuclear devices, with similar (but lower-
scale) results. Such an EMP is used by a band of crypto-anarchists in
the novel Cryptonomicon, and given Neal Stephenson’s penchant for
technical accuracy in his novels, I have little doubt that the
blueprints are available online somewhere.
Walter
On Oct 24, 2010, at 1:27 PM, Jeffrey Stern wrote:
I did place an email request with Tim. Haven’t heard back yet.
Sorry I missed the humor. Yes GoDaddy is a pain, not least of which is when you try to go to their control panel and get bombarded with ads and requests to purchase a myriad of extras.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend (at least what’s left).
Even though GD does bombard you with loads of reminders about domain expiry etc. I still use them to manage quite a few domain registrations for me and it is easy to change nameserver info.
I do NOT host any sites with them though - and I suspect never will!